I hate to toot my own horn, especially since I lack almost any form of musical talent whatsoever, but I may very well be one of the last nice guys left in the entire world. I hold doors open for complete strangers, I call people even younger than myself "ma'am or sir", I say please and thank you, and I don't go out of my way to inform people of their stupidity. Case in point: I decided to visit the local Sonic Drive In this evening with a fellow convoginator, and ordered what I considered to be quite an easy order to remember, much less write down. However, not too much time had passed when one of the future welfare recipients trudged out to my car, thrust a package in my face, grabbed my money, handed me some change, made an about-face, and practically sprinted away from my car. Not just the wrong order, but the wrong order with poor service to boot. Calmly, I pressed the red button for a customer-service representative and informed them of their mistake. The in-duh-vidual apologized and asked that I order again. I complied. Fifteen minutes passed, and the speaker came to life without my prompting this time, "Have you already placed an order?" Somewhat suprised, I turned and responded still in a polite voice, "Yes, twice." Unfortunately, black-tar heroine must affect your short term memory, so I was forced to order a third time. Thankfully no further action was required on my part to bring my order to fruition...
I suppose I could have been mad and demanded to speak to a manager. It has been my experience, however, that the manager at most fast-food restaraunts is just the biggest douche of the lot. I elected to make no complaint, giving them the benefit of the doubt and believing it to be an isolated incident. If such service is repeated, I'll just exercise my hard-earned money elsewhere. The real concern lies with the employees themselves... suddenly all those test scores I looked at the other week make a lot more sense... and as a tax-payer that really bothers me.
I should have lived in the 20's too... I would have been just old enough to fly B-17's in "The War."
Jeff C.
